Mask of Agamemnon. Its size is 35 cm. It was found Mycenae, Greece but now located in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. It is dated from 1600 to 1550 BCE. The medium used for this mask is gold. The other artwork is called the Hip Pendant Representing an Iyoba "Queen Mother". Its size is about 23.4 cm. It was found in Benin city, Nigeria but now located in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is dated in 1550 CE. The medium of the mask is ivory, iron, and copper. 2. The Mask of Agamemnon
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New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art was recently sued by visitors because its advertised admission prices use the word “recommended” in rather fine print, giving the impression there is no getting around the basic non-concession rate of $25. It’s an odd practice, rarely seen elsewhere, of posting a price but not actually making payment required, and so no wonder it causes confusion to those who rarely visit museums. If this is the policy to be followed, surely it’s best to be as transparent as
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Bodhissatva from the Gandhara period, but also goes through the history of Buddha. The website is also reputable because it is a museum located in New York, Houston and Hong Kong. Behrendt, Kurt. Gandhara. Met Museum. Electronic. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gand/hd_gand.htm. I chose this as a source because it is from a very credible museum, the Metropolitan Museum. It is even a resource used in class. It goes over Gandhara as well as including helpful images. Another head of a Bodhisattva
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Discussion – Museum Acquisition and Art Theft Part 1: Museum Acquisitions around the United States are very much similar if not the same. Museums make their unique contribution to the public by collecting, preserving and interpreting the things of this world. Per the American Alliance of Museums, “Museums in the United States are grounded in the tradition of public service. They are organized as public trusts, holding their collections and information as a benefit for those they were established
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Naymark January 19, 2015 AH 192 Workshop: Art Museums of New York Report Temple of Dendur One of the most remarkable pieces of art that I came across during the very first museum visit was that of the Temple of Dendur. It was the very fist day of our class where we visited and explored the Egyptian exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The temple and its presence stuck with me ever since I first saw, and it still does. Even more so the art, architectural detail of the temple and the reliefs
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I have been in many places in short life like, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, but I have never been at nay museum before. My overall experience at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, In a short answer, was awesome. In a long answer, it changed everything I thought about history and it gave me the idea of what would’ve been like to lived in that time period. It was life experience which I will try to repeat. It makes me kind of sad to think that would never be able to meet great people in history like
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was complex and multi-faceted. A storyteller at heart and self-described “people’s painter,” Andrews focused on figurative social commentary depicting the struggles, atrocities, and everyday occurrences in the world, but he was not satisfied to use art as a substitute for action. Benny Andrews was born on November 13, 1930, in Plainview, Georgia, a small farming community three miles from Madison. Andrews was one of 10 children in a family of sharecroppers; raised while it was still segregated in
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Lindgren Museum Visit Paper Outer Coffin Of Khonsu 86.1.1 A-B During my visit to the Metropolitan Museum of art I saw many amazing pieces of amazing art. The Egyptian pieces stood out to me in particular because of my new background knowledge that I have acquired from this class. This was my first time at the museum and basically my first time seeing this type of art up close. Seeing images of the art on slides in class or in a textbook doesn’t really do the art justice or show the
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lover of art I tend to find, beauty in everything some way. Whether it be a simple flower out in a field of brown grass, or a pattern that everyone thinks looks too busy. I didn’t realize how the ‘Beauty is all around you’ quote would fit me until I actually started to study it. No, I’m not art major because I can’t draw to save my life, but I found that studying it for a hobby is more relaxing than I thought it would have been. Living in New York City, I was able to go to an art museum every weekend
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Interactive design and Experience The Smithsonian and Met Museum are both art museums that have an on-line presence. Both websites have art related agenda’s, pictures, and so on. While they both specialize in art they both have drastically different web appearances. The atmosphere of these two sites is in contrast. These two websites do not compete for the same viewers. Different art venues are posted, along with information and history of the art piece and pictures posted of the piece. The Smithsonian
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